Victorian Fish-Scale Pique Heart Pendant rings and was much used in

and was much used in funerary art - representing the cycle of death and rebirth

8 carats - and set within a gold twist border

deftly worked into a complex pair of entwined hearts - sort of mind-boggling when you consider how it must have been made

An incredible antique brooch fashioned as two birds and a nest full of eggs

Victorian Fish-Scale Pique Heart Pendant rings and was much used inDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 An exquisite high Victorian pique heart pendant, circa 1870. The moulded tortoiseshell features a wonderfully intricate gold and silver inlay: a diagonal band across the front of the heart, with fish scale pattern through the middle and highly ornate borders. MEASUREMENTS 2. 0 x 1. 6cm (not including jump ring) WEIGHT 1. 9g MARKS No marks present, gold inlay and silver split ring CONDITION Excellent